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we're back with this terrifying scene in raleigh, north carolina. you see it there we're back with this terrifying scene in raleigh, north carolina. you see it there. two cars crash and then one slams into four pedestrians. authorities say one woman had to be rescued. she was pinned under a car. at least seven people were injured. no word yet on what caused this crash. we turn now to the new development in the investigation into the deadly violence in charlottesville from last summer. >> federal prosecutors have arrested four members of what authorities are calling a militant white supremacist group from california. here is abc's natalie brunell.

what authorities are calling a militant white supremacist group from california are now in federal custody, arrested on charges they traveled to charlottesville, virginia, last year to incite a riot. >> the federal criminal claim charges benjamin daley, michael miselis, thomas gillen and cole white. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say all four are part of the rise above movement or r.a.m. authorities say they all attended this tiki torch rally, marching through the university of virginia campus. >> blood and soil. >> reporter: as well as the unite the right rally the following day where prosecutors say they caused serious injuries to counterprotesters. >> with their hands taped and ready to do street battle committed multiple acts of kig,eadbple. >> reporter: the charges are not directly related to the moment

the rally turned deadly when a speeding car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters killing 32-year-old heather heyer and injuring dozens. their investigation into the violence at the rallies remains ongoing. >> we've got to be able to figure out who these guys are and that's harder than you might think. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say three of the men made initial court appearances in los angeles tuesday. the fourth is expected to appear in a san francisco court later today. if convicted, they face up to ten years in prison. kendis? maggie? >> natalie, thank you. now to a new study that almost sounds like a joke but it's actually pretty serious. it's recommending no selfie zones to stop dangerous photos. >> researchers in india say about 260 people were killed while taking selfies between 2011 and 2017. two-thirds of the victims were under the age of 30, which the

study blames young people also doing something risky while snapping no selfie zones are recommended in high risk areas like tall buildings, mountains and bodies of water. the u.s., by the way, was third in selfie deaths behind india and russia. most of the deaths were due to drowning. >> kind of shocking because i -- i like to take selfies. >> you take a lot of selfies. >> i take a lot of selfies. so hopefully nowhere dangerous. >> the only danger zone you face is from me -- >> probably. with kendis in the background. >> another selfie. >> kendis, why are you yelling? >> stop with the selfies. all right. when we come back, the stunning elimination on "dancing with the stars." >> "the skinny" is next. the stunning elimination on "dancing with the stars." >> "the skinny" is next.

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the set. the top three couples all scored 26 out of 30, including the actor juan pablo and cheryl. they did a fairly sexy foxtrot. the "rent" actor milo manheim and witney with their fiery tango here and the singer tinashe and brandon. >> among the night's most improved, mary lou retton and sasha. a score of 24. >> pretty decent. "harry potter" actress evanna lynch danced a pretty energetic jive out in the desert to, of course, "heatwave." also scoring a 24. >> we have grocery store joe and

jenna. they did a dramatic jazz routine that kept his footwork to a minimum and allowed him to focus on what he does best. >> which is what? >> to smile. >> there is that. >> wasn't quite enough. they got a score of 18. >> hey, joe will take it. in one of the high points of the night, the paralympic bronze medalist danielle was serenaded by donny osmond as she and artem did a quick step to "luck be a lady." >> they were eliminated. >> this was shocking. >> i did not see this one coming. >> mind you, she had been sick. >> hooked up to an iv because she wasn't feeling well. >> she's blind. >> and she still did a really great job. >> exactly. >> i can't believe they kicked her off. >> these judges, get a heart. >> we are not happy about that.

next to our first glimpse of christian bale as vice president dick cheney. bale, of course, is no stranger to extreme transformation. >> it's titled "vice." he has another extreme transformation -- >> which one is -- >> i actually don't know which one is christian bale. >> no way. >> now that he's smiling. "variety" reports the 44-year-old had to gain 40 pounds, bleached and plucked his eyebrows and do special exercises to thicken his neck. "vice" is the name of it and set to premier on christmas day.

speaking of transformations, the one thing that michael jackson could not become. >> apparently in his new memoir, longtime hollywood agent says the king of pop told him he wanted to be james bond. >> he told jackson, quote, you're thinly built, too sensitive and won't be credible as a block of stone. >> so he has a shot? so apparently he passed on it.

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one tyler perry tweeted as he was watching robyn's interview with owens. >> there is a little sense of mischief to tyler. i just said, i don't feel like i would be comfortable getting offered work because of the situation. what does he do? offers me work. >> reporter: perry cast him on the show "the haves and the have nots." >> i'll make you a senator or something. the next week i had written him into 11 shows. i saw him in costume and had 20,000 more ideas for him. >> reporter: your life has become a model for making something out of nothing. >> for sure. sleeping in my car struggling. wondering how i was going to pay the bills, and to get to this point to see both sides of this is incredible. i feel like i'm the guy for the underdog. sometimes things don't work out. that's okay. you do what you have to do in between to get to the point until it gets there. >> welcome back to the party. >> it's incredible to be written for.

>> when you're on set and you're doing your scenes and you hear tyler's voice directing you, what is going through your head beside your lines? >> i'm really proud and excited to be part of his world. he's so inspiring. >> you're a good guy. you really are. >> he's teaching me a lot. >> what is he teaching you? real quick. >> are you kidding me? he teaches this stuff so i'm watching him, his subtleties and his moments and his nuances and like, wow, that's really good. >> reporter: owens said he's old school. he's now had more tv offers and more support over the dignity of work. >> maybe this is the cause that is actually going to bridge the divide in our country. maybe this is it. this is the way we're going to come together. >> that's great. it's great to see his comeback, by the way. >> and to see them working together like that. i'm glad they reached out. >> trader joe's pays present decent. you can earn up to $22 an hour there. >> i bet tyler perry is paying him well. >> well, there's that, too. ini.

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and the gift of parks today. good morning. i'm maggie rulli good morning. i'm maggie rulli in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here are some of our top headlines we're following this wednesday on "world news now." on the attack, president trump mocking the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. he imitated christine blasey ford's testimony and praised his nominee. more on the rally and the fbi investigation straight ahead. you may get an alert on your phone today from the president. the first ever test of the presidential alert emergency text system happens today. the test starts at 2:18 p.m. eastern time. we have some new images of the close encounter between a navy destroyer and a chinese

warship in the south china sea. the massive vessels came less than a football -- half a football field from each other. sparking tension on both sides. and we may all get to be toys "r" us kids again. a little more than three months after the u.s. retailer shut its u.s. stores, the company cancelled its bankruptcy auction and is even talking about a revival. those are some of your top stories on this wednesday, october 3rd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we love a good revival. it would be great if we start that. maybe circuit city will come back. >> all of the goodies from the past. >> a & s, the department store. >> whatever. i'm excited about toys "r" us kids. i feel like you're making fun of me for this bringing up circuit city. blockbuster. all right. let's get to news of the day asds of pelerued

in laughter. >> the president ridiculed christine blasey ford at a rally in mississippi last night, even though he described her as credible just last week. he told the crowd that kavanaugh's life is now in tatters, suggesting it was destroyed by false accusations, and then he went on to mimic ford's struggle to remember certain details surrounding the alleged sexual assault. >> i had one beer, right? i had one beer. well, do you think it was -- nope, it was one beer. oh, good. how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. >> well, an attorney for dr. ford blasted the president's comments as a vicious and vile attack, and this morning there are reports the fbi could wrap up its investigation on brett kavanaugh as early as today. that's two days ahead of the

deadline. >> this all comes as "the new york times" has published a 1983 letter that kavanaugh wrote to his friends about a planned his friends about a planned beach week, saying they should obnoxious drunks. abc's cecilia vega has more on the investigation. >> reporter: president trump sounding optimistic about the fate of his supreme court pick. >> judge kavanaugh is doing pretty well, it seems to me, over the past 24 hours. a lot is going to depend on what comes back from the fbi in terms of their additional number seven investigation, but i think that judge kavanaugh's doing very well right now. >> reporter: friday's deadline to complete the fbi probe quickly approaching and attorneys for a second accuser, deborah ramirez, brett kavanaugh's yale classmate who told "the new yorker" he exposed himself near her face, revealing she was interviewed by investigators for more than two hours on sunday. her attorneys say she provided the names and contact information of more than 20 additional witnesses and that it was a detailed and productive interview and the agents were

clearly motivated to investigate the matter in any way they were permitted. the fbi also interviewing key witnesses, including mark judge, kavanaugh's high school friend seen here in their yearbook. the man christine blasey ford says was in the room during the alleged attack at that high school party 36 years ago. >> what is the strongest memory you have? the strongest memory of the incident, something that you cannot forget. >> the laughter. the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense. >> reporter: so far the only public details about that interview come from judge's attorney, who confirmed mr. judge has been interviewed by the fbi but his interview has not been completed. we request your patience as the fbi completes its investigation. mr. judge completed his fbi interview. we are not commenting on the questions the fbi asked mr. judge.

with kavanaugh's nomination hanging in the balance, president trump was asked what message he's sending to young men. >> well, i say that it's a very scary time for young men in america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very, very -- this is a very difficult time. somebody could accuse you of something and you're automatically guilty, but in this realm, you are truly guilty until proven innocent. that's one of the very, very bad things that's taking place right now. >> reporter: and before he walked away he offered his message to women, too. >> your message for young women, mr. president? >> women are doing great. >> reporter: and now a new letter from christine blasey ford's legal team to the fbi. they say they have sent letters and e-mails laying out witnesses and evidence to the fbi, and they say they've received no response. they are calling this inconceivable. we have asked the fbi for a

comment. so far they are not responding. president trump said he's fine with the fbi interviewing brett kavanaugh or blasey ford. is cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. hillary clinton is talking about the kavanaugh controversy for the first time during an appearance in washington, she called his testimony last week very defensive and unconvincing. she also burst into laughter about kavanaugh's claim that the allegations against him are to get revenge for her election loss. new york state is looking into a bombshell report accusing president trump and his family of decades of financial fraud. >> "the new york times" says the president received the equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars from his father, mostly through dubious tax schemes. the report says by the age of 3 the president was earning what amounts to $200,000 in today's money and he was a millionaire by the time he was 8 years old. abc's brad mielke has more. >> hey, guys. yeah, we have been looking for details about donald trump's finances ever since he started the campaign. "the new york times" just completed an exhaustive review of his parents' money.

says. not just a million dollar loan that he says he turned into billions.p's father actually loaned his son $60.7 million. they say much of that wasn't even repaid. what's more, "the times" asserts the president received what is the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father's real estate company, so -- and they go on to even say that there were dubious tax schemes that took place, including instances of outright fraud to fudge those numbers. >> now, president trump's attorney charles harder issued a statement calling the claims of fraud and tax evasion 100% false. he also said these taxes were vetted in real time by the proper authorities and that donald trump wasn't even involved in most of this. we still, of course, have not seen president trump's own tax returns. yocahear me out the rning "art here." thi check it out on appling app.

kendis? maggie? >> brad, thank you. it's a political stunner. rising democratic star jason kander has withdrawn from the race for mayor in kansas city, missouri. the 37-year-old is a former army intelligence officer who served in afghanistan. he ended his campaign to seek help for post traumatic stress and depression. >> he said he was suicidal at some point recently. the dow opens at a record high, driven by new optimism about the u.s. and canada's new trade deal. it rose to above 26,000. this is the 14th record close of this year alone. the trade agreement was widely praised by analysts say investors are still nervous about trade relations between the u.s. and china. amazon has raised the minimum wage for all of its american workers to $15. the pay raise also includes part-time, seasonal and

temporary employees. it covers 350,000 workers and starts next month. jeff bezos, the company's ceo and world's richest man, says the company listened to the critics about this. >> great to see them celebrating. cheering about it. we're switching gears to a ford plant in michigan. it's celebrating its birthday. >> the plant in dearborn is marking its 100th anniversary. willie fulton jr. has been there for 65 of those years. the 86-year-old started in 1953. he gets up at 4:00 in the morning. so, good morning, willie. to work by checking for defective parts there. >> fulton says he loves working. he also advises his younger co-workers there is no shortcuts in a job. if you make shortcuts, you're going to make a bad product. >> by younger co-workers, those whipper snappers that are 72 -- >> 75 years old. >> yeah, exactly.

>> talking about minimum wage, when fulton started, he was making 1.58 an hour. >> wow. and now? he's not. he's making more than that. >> hopefully more than that. >> all right. well, coming up, we're going to switch into a little costume change here because we're wearing pink on a wednesday because we're going back to a more innocent time, 2004. we're diving back into the world of the varsity jocks, the burnouts, the desperate wannabes and worst of all, the plastics. tell me about it, right? you're watching "world news now." if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54. alex, what's my price?

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so here are some baggage handlers who are thrilled to be on the job. taking such care with the bags coming off this cathay pacific flight in hong kong. just delicately handling them with care and love. the baggage handler actually could be seen throwing into the cart some packages with the stickers "fragile" on them. not the sort of advertising cathay pacific would like. >> not great. >> you recall just a week ago they had that plane that had the missing "f" on it for pacific, and now you have these baggage handlers that are doing their thing.

>> a pr problem for them. we'll look into that. now we're turning gears to a hot car death update. unfortunately, it's reaching a grim milestone. >> since january, 48 children have died from being left in hot cars, according to the national safety council. that's just one death away from the record set in 2010. the council warns that even though temperatures are falling, children are still at risk. so far south carolina tops the list of states with most hot car deaths with six of them. the federal government's cracking down on e-cigarettes. the fda raided the san francisco headquarters of juul labs, the nation's top e-cig maker. juul is popular with many teens because it offers fruit flavors. the fda says nicotine vaping is an epidemic. juul is cooperating with the investigation. coming up, everything you thought you knew about mean girls, the movie "mean girls." >> we're marking the national

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okay. you should just know that we don't do this a lot so this is like a really huge deal. >> we want to invite you to have lunch with us every day for the rest of the week. >> oh, it's okay. >> coolness. so we'll see you tomorrow. >> on wednesdays we wear pink. >> the line that has shaped my entire fashion choice for all of my life. on wednesdays, we wear pink. that line, of course, is from the 2004 tina fey film "mean girls." as kendis knows, it's a story of cady heron who was homeschooled, goes to public school for the first time. meets a group of girls aka the plastics. why are we telling you all of this, you might be asking? because it's mean girls day and lindsey lohan tells us why. >> on october 3rd, he asked me what day it was. >> it's october 3rd. >> it's oc ganss is here. >> don't act like this isn't the most important day of the year, kendis.

>> it is our national holiday. >> a very special day for me and maggie. and you apparently because i have come up with a "mean girls" trivia challenge for you guys. the first round, so fetch or so false. the winner, of course, gets the spring fling crown. >> my mom and dad are going to be so proud of me. >> like i said, first round is fetch or false. i'm going to give you a fact about the 2004 film "mean girls." if it's true, it's fetch. if it's false, it's false. got it? all right. question number one, according to gretchen wieners fetch is like slang from sweden. fetch or false? >> don't look at my answers? >> you say fetch. you say false. let's go to a clip for the answer. >> i home your bracelet, where did you get it? >> oh, my mom made it for me. >> the correct answer is false. maggie, why? it's slang from --

>> england. >> england. not sweden. >> about to say it. it was on the tip of my tongue. >> question number two, "mean girls" writer tina fey placed glenn coco off of a real person, fetch or false? this one is fetch. tina fey's brother's friend is glenn coco and he is a film editor. kendis, so far not so great. i'm rooting for you. >> captain obvious. >> question three, channing tatum was considered for the role aaron samuels, false or fetch? we've got two falses and you're correct. >> you got one. >> yes. yes. >> no channing tatum, but fun fact, james franco was up for the part. >> could have been good. >> could have been good, right?

number four, rachel mcadams originally auditioned to play cady heron. >> so fetch and so true. ashley tisdale was up for the role of karen. >> they picked well. >> the iconic red dresses that the girls wear to "the jingle bell rock" are actually made of plastic. fetch or false? going awry with the bell there. >> making his own rules. >> it is fetch. the costume designer said it was meant to represent the plastics literally. their dresses were plastic. >> who knew? where did you guys hide this in the rundown? i just spent the last commercial break checking every graphic. donna's over there like you're cheating. i could not find the answers. >> our sabotage worked. all right. we got to move on. round two. >> time for your bell. >> this is finish the quote. whoever bells in first wins. that's why her hair is so big, it's --

>> filled with secrets. >> that is correct. i think we have a clip just to verify. yes, it is full of secrets. it is. it is. all right. moving -- >> her hair is so big. it's full of secrets. >> i love it. love damian. >> who knows this movie word for word? >> it's the best movie of all time. that little one, that's gretchen wieners she's totally rich because her dad invented -- >> toaster strudels. >> yes, maggie, that's correct. >> the little one, that's gretchen wieners. >> she's totally rich because her dad invented toaster strudel. >> thanks to damian again for that one. our final question. i'm kind of psychic, i have a fifth sense. >> i have espn. >> wow. >> i'm psychic. i have a fifth sense. >> what do you mean? >> it's like i have espn or something. >> all right. spring fling queen, i'm so

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direction. this is karma for you. check this out. this is in prince george's county just outside d.c. >> oh, shoot. >> that's a crook trying to get into this restaurant. he throws a brick at the glass, it ricochets -- >> he's down. >> -- and hits him in the face. boom. they released the video. the police say he was on the ground actually for a few minutes before getting up and running. >> dang. came right back at you. >> pretty karma. oh, man. the security camera, of course, capturing him trying to get into that shop. now we're going to australia. as a cyclist, you have to look out for a lot of things, cars, other people, other bikers and now kangaroos, apparently. check this out. thuy is biking down the road when all of a sudden -- >> whoa! >> oh, shoot. that kangaroo straight up kicks him. i've heard that kangaroos are almost like deers in australia. they really are just everywhere.

>> wow! >> that's unbelievable! this happened in an area of fairfield there. i guess the filmmaker of this says both him and the kangaroo were able to walk away. >> the kangaroo's okay. >> the kangaroo and the bicyclist are okay. >> wow. that is the craziest thing. >> that is like a kangaroo kick. >> yeah, it is. >> dang. now to a thirsty dog. so thirsty, he learned how to operate the faucet there. so instead of drinking from the toilet bowl, which i always think is gross that some dogs do that. >> don't give dogs a bad name. >> this dog here in illinois used a toilet to help himself -- thunder is his name. taught himself to turn on the knob as his pal is nearby. do you see, stormy? >> if they can teach the dog to use the toilet and flush it, then we'd be applauding you. >> that is a genius dog. >> the faucet is pretty cool. >> that is impressive.

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now," the president sl this morning on "world news now," the president slams the accuser. >> at a rally just hours ago, he openly mocked christine blasey ford, whose claims against brett kavanaugh are being investigated right now by the fbi. but with just days to go, agents have not yet interviewed dr. ford. suspicious mail. envelopes addressed to the president and the pentagon containing the deadly poison ricin. according to top officials, authorities are rushing to find out who is behind it. toys "r" us might not be gone for good. the company has stopped its bankruptcy auction, setting the stage for the brand's revival. and it's the sweet treat you can play with. stretchy ice cream that's been around for hundreds of years. we're going to give it a try on this wednesday, october 3rd. from abc news, this is ve always been of that belf go y

n spod to play with your food. >> we're breaking rules tonight" stick with us. kendis is going to play with his food and eat the ice cream with his hand. >> we'll see. i've got no rules. we'll count them. let's begin this half hour with president trump taking direct aim at the woman who accused his supreme court pick of sexual assault. >> the president openly mocked christine blasey ford at a campaign rally in mississippi and said brett kavanaugh's life is in tatters. just days ago, the president called dr. ford a very credible witness, that was following her testimony against kavanaugh, but last night he ridiculed her as he answered and the audience laughed. >> i had one beer. right? i had one beer. well, do you think it was -- nope. it was one beer. oh, good.

how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. >> well, dr. ford's legal team fired back, calling the president's attack vicious, vial and soulless. they say it's no wonder ford and others are terrified to come forward. ford's lawyers also sent a letter to the fbi director asking why agents have not yet contacted their client. abc's lana zak has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the fbi investigation into sexual assault and misconduct allegations against judge brett kavanaugh will be complete soon. >> it's like a rallying cry for the republicans. they are so in favor of judge kavanaugh. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he will have a vote this week but some key voters are withholding their judgement. >> but what i think we all need to do now is to wait and see exactly what comes back. >> reporter: senator lisa murkowski hinted she won't be rushing into approving

kavanaugh, telling reporters mcconnell wanted a vote last week, too. jeff flake said he was concerned about kavanaugh's partisan remarks. >> we can't have this on the court. we simply can't. >> reporter: on the list of people who have been interviewed by the fbi, mark judge, kavanaugh's high school friend, the man dr. christine blasey ford says was in the room during the alleged attack 36 years ago. also interviewed, deborah ramirez, brett kavanaugh's yale classmate, the second named accuser. there is also a woman stepping forward with information seen both here with kavanaugh and ramirez. she alleges they tried to discredit ramirez in a series of text messages. so far two of the principal actors have not been interviewed by the fbi. dr. christine blasey ford, her team says that their calls are not being returned and judge brett kavanaugh, he has denied all allegations of misconduct. if you want to get a sense of just how hot emotions are running here in thnacapithmost su f judgeaugh,

republamsahaif kavan vote were to fail this week, he would ask president trump to renominate him. kendis? maggie? >> certainly tense there in d.c. thank you, lana. turning now to the new report accusing president trump and his family of dubious tax schemes and outright fraud to evade hundreds of millions of dollars in estate taxes. a "new york times" investigation says the president's father transferred some of his wealth to trump and his siblings through sham companies and undervalued his assets. the president has long claimed to be a self-made billionaire, but the report alleges over the years he received the equivalent of $400 million from his father. an attorney for the president says the story is 100% false. criminal prosecution is unlikely because of the statute of limitations, but the new york state tax department is looking into the allegations. another major story out of washington, the fbi's investigation of suspicious envelopes that were sent to the white house and the pentagon. testing on those envelopes is

ongoing at this hour. workers wearing hazmat suits taking no chances at the pentagon's mail sorting facility where two of the envelopes were discovered. abc's martha raddatz has the latest. >> reporter: the secret service intercepted a suspicious envelope on monday addressed to the president. the envelope was intercepted before reaching the white house. two other envelopes sent to secretary of defense jim mattis, the other to a member of the joint chiefs, the head of the navy, admiral john richardson, field tested positive for ricin. this is the pentagon mail facility where thousands of packages and letters are screened every day by technicians in hazmat suits. they are now quarantining all mail. >> if these two gentlemen opened these envelopes and they got enough of it in their system, it could have harmed them. >> reporter: ricin is found naturally in caster beans and in its purest form can be deadly. in 2013, letters addressed to

president obama and other officials did contain ricin. a mississippi man was arrested and is currently serving a 25-year jail term. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. we're getting our first look at the close encounter between a navy destroyer and a chinese warship. aerial images show the "uss decatur" on the left. you can see the chinese vessel right next to it, a second image shows "the decatur" moving off after the ships came within 45 yards of each other in the disputed south china sea islands. china is accusing the u.s. of violating its, quote, sovereignty over the islands. the u.s. is among more than two dozen countries that have promised to pledge aid to help indonesia. some areas aren't seeing any aid at all. james longman is there. >> reporter: video tweeted by indonesian officials appears to

show the terrifying moment the 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck. villagers with nowhere to run, buildings collapsing as they scream in fear. the desperation near breaking point after a massive earthquake and tsunami sent a 20-foot wall of water tearing through this island. drone video above this neighborhood in palu shows destroyed homes sinking into the mud. officials fear hundreds of bodies could still be buried there. more than 1,200 now confirmed dead. many of those who have been injured in palu have been flown down here. we've been told this story of a mother who gave birth to triplets just when the earthquake hit. she arrived just in time for a c-section. mother and babies are healthy. 12-year-old kyla has a broken leg. she tells me when the quake hit, it was almost like she was in a dream. a wall falling on her, her father rushing in to save her life.

25 nations have pledged aid. generators, heavy machinery and tents are the most needed items. help is coming in around the clock. james longman, abc news, indonesia. back here at home, severe storms are battering the midwest and the northeast, leaving a trail of destruction. powerful storms moved through the new york area. chappaqua was hit with toppled trees falling on homes and power lines. several twisters reported in pennsylvania. one confirmed near townville, pennsylvania, causing major damage to this nursing home. that powerful system is now moving offshore but still lots of rain left for boston and parts of new england. it appears toys "r" us is making a comeback. court papers indicate it has stopped its bankruptcy auction. a proposal would create a new branding company in the toys "r" us and babies "r" us stores. the shutdown cost 33,000 workers their jobs.

just in time for the holidays, apple is releasing new emojis. >> the new emojis will come this fall. characters with red hair, gray hair and curly hair. emojis for animals like a llama, about time. one for bagels. how have they not had bagels yet? and one for bald people. they finally got all your letters, kendis. >> finally. i've been sending them for years. >> wait. look up. it's perfect. >> wow. twin. >> twinsies. >> wow, that is great. there is a new emoji for moon cake, red gift -- >> of course. >> envelope, of course. >> we need these things in our lives. >> what we've needed for a long time. >> i'm excited for the llama especially. >> yeah, now we can finally right in tom llamas' name by emoji. >> they got his letters as well. coming up, celebrities like rihanna and matt damon targeted by burglars but now police have

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good samaritans here catch a hit-and-run driver. a witness followed the suspect and pulled him out of his vehicle. the victim is in critical condition. the suspect faces multiple charges. a police officer in chicago facing two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a teenager has now taken the stand. >> so the case that sparked outrage across the city. the officer, jason van dyke, offered emotional testimony that contradicted what the video shows. here is abc's alex perez. >> reporter: the chilling video sparked protests, a chicago police officer shooting 17-year-old laquon mcdonald 16 times, killing him. that officer taking the stand in his own defense. jason van dyke testifying he feared for his life and fired because mcdonald ignored repeated commands to drop a three-inch knife.

>> i shot at that knife. i wanted him to get rid of that knife. >> reporter: officers were responding to a call about a man breaking into cars. van dyke and his partner followed mcdonald, who was high on pcp, for several blocks. >> his face had no expression. his eyes were just bugging out of his head. >> reporter: prosecutors zeroing in on why van dyke told his partner he would shoot the teen. >> why did you say to him, oh, my god, we're going to have to shoot the guy? >> i thought he was under attack and the whole thing was just shocking to me. >> reporter: officer van dyke claims mcdonald was lunging at him and tried to get up after he was shot. prosecutors say the video shows otherwise. >> were there any points in that video where laquon mcdonald was trying to get up? >> in that video it may not show it, but that wasn't my perspective, ma'am. i was coming at it from a completely different angle. >> reporter: van dyke pressed on why he continued to shoot after mcdonald collapsed. >> to me, it seemed like he was getting back up. >> reporter: if convicted, he

could face life in prison. he is still on the police force pending outcome of the trial. the case could go to the jury sometime this week. alex perez, abc news, chicago. in the meantime, in los angeles, police say they've arrested four people suspected of stealing millions of dollars in goods from the homes of celebrities. a woman, her 18-year-old son and two other teens were taken into custody. >> they're accused of burglaries at the homes of rihanna and top athletes. police say the suspects would monitor their targets' social media and traveling schedules before carrying out the robberies. police displayed expensive items including purses, jewelry and watches in hopes that the victims could identify them. police say all of these items are worth millions of dollars. >> these burglaries recently occurring. i remember watching the chopper shot of rihanna's house after it got robbed last week. >> they were looking at burglarizing matt damon and

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♪ i'm your ice cream man ♪ i'm your ice cream man ♪ ♪ you know that little ditty, "the ice cream man." >> got it on my playlist. >> i'm supposed to say that ice cream is arguably the best dessert, but forget that because ice cream is the perfect dessert. my tops. my favorite, but sometimes it melts really quickly. >> you want play-doh ice cream. >> i do. >> enter booza. in brooklyn, the first of its kind in the country serves up one of the world's oldest forms of ice cream.

it's resistant to melting, it's elastic, it's plastic. >> tell me more. >> it's electric. >> booza may be hundreds of years old, but today we're going to make saffron peppercorn booza. to make the flavor we use the highest grade iranian saffron combined with a blend of cherries and peruvian pink peppercorn. we're going to add the milk and the cream. we're also going to add a little milk powder. we have full iranian saffron threads. that smells quite nice. in addition to its pronounced unique flavors, the saffron threads are also what's going to give it its beautiful yellow color. we're ready to add the sugar and other ingredients. agitate it little bit little. the next step, we're going to strain out the saffron and the peppercorn.

peppercorns, you definitely don't want to be biting into a whole one eating ice cream. there we have it. >> beautiful. >> we're going to move our liquid booza into one of the traditional freezer drums that we have here in our store. this is actually a 500-year-old technique. it's how ice cream was made before modern machinery. people would scrape the liquid ice cream base up on the walls of a bowl just like this and then scrape them back down as they freeze, repeating the process until you had a solid ice cream. we're going to take this 3-foot-long wooden pestle and we're going to use it to pound and also activate that elastic-like potential of the key ingredients. now for the fun part. we're going to give it a stretch to bring out the full elastic potential. the elasticity translates into a

super creamy consistency as opposed to a chew i or gummy textures that the visuals would suggest. that's pretty much how you make booza. now it's ready to eat. >> voila. now we have booza. and the best part is -- >> it stretches. >> it stretches. nobody said -- it's cold. look at that. >> here, give me half. let's see if we can make it work. >> you eat with your hands then? >> it's cold. wow. >> taste that. put that in your mouth. >> it won't come. >> it's delicious. get in on this. wait for it. >> does anybody want some booza? so, by the way, the republic of booza is the first booza scoop shop, by the way, in the entire united states. donna, get in here. >> it's hard to believe it goes back centuries they've been making this. hopefully they'll expand. everybody get some booza. >> constance? >> well pounded. >> here. just do it.

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so we've kept the ice cream around. >> i just want to eat it the entire show. is that cool? we're going from booza ice cream -- >> which there's no booze in the ice cream. >> we were a little disappointed to find that out but still tastes good. from booza ice cream to cheese tea. you heard that right, people. this is tea with cheese in it. take a look at that. it's frothy. it's foamy. that's the cheese on top. they usually use green or black tea. then it's topped with a foamy layer of milk and cream cheese sprinkled with salt. people who love it say it's sweet like bubble tea but has a savory finish. now, before you say this is disgusting like everybody seems to be doing here in studio right

now, think of cheesecake. isn't that the same? >> it is like cheesecake. >> i think cheesecake is disgusting so i might not like this. >> what? >> i know. >> cheesecake, that's like my death penalty meal right there. >> what? >> yes. >> no! i'm learning so much about you. you might like cheese tea. i walked past a store selling cheese tea in new york. it started in 2010 in taiwan. so you go to a zoo, of course, to see animals. what happens to a zoo if there is a shortage of the animals. >> what do you do? >> that's the predicament they faced in western england at the zoo here. >> animals there. >> yeah, so those are plastic. there is -- there is a shortage of -- >> oh, my gosh, they are plastic. >> they are. there was a shortage of penguins. they expected some penguins to come and there was a national

outbreak of malaria, and so the penguins were expected at this zoo -- >> i love that that little boy was watching the plastic penguins. >> the penguins did not arrive so this zoo just decided, you know what? when life gives you no penguins, we make -- >> plastic. >> -- plastic penguins. >> that's the same. you're right. that works. >> hey, it works. now to a man in texas also taking matters into his own hands. he got fed up his town was not filling up potholes so he said, heck, i'm going to do it myself. >> do you think he said heck? >> probably not. i censored him when he said heck. he learned to do this using a youtube tutorial. bought about 150 bucks of materials and went out and fixed three potholes in his town. i guess it's not quite legal so now he might be facing some charges. he's going to bring it up at his next city council meeting. >> we encourage him to come to the upper west side. >> we have some potholes that you can fix. want to show you a dog that is like me. >> exercise? >> doesn't really like the treadmill.

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this morning on "world news now," the new reporting about the trump family's past. "the new york times" says they avoided hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and that donald trump's father gave him far more than $1 million in loans. actually, he gave him $400 million in today's dollars. and even started paying him as a toddler. the white house slamming the report overnight. an alert for millions of cellphone users. why you'll be receiving a text alert from president trump later today. and new this half hour, it's take two for geoffrey owens. >> just weeks after being shamed on social media for working at trader joe's, what "the cosby show" actor is doing in front of the camera. all bets were off for las vegas night, but even after upping the ante, the luck ran out for one couple. we'll check out which

it is wednesday, october 3rd.om "world news now." i like the costumes. >> the costumes were amazing. >> yeah, they were really good. >> the elimination was a shocker. a very popular contestant. we didn't expect this to come -- >> not at all. >> so we'll break it down. >> no spoilers, but he didn't expect to see that at all. >> nope. >> stay tuned. we are going to begin this half hour checking in on the explosive new allegations against president trump, accused of expanding his fortune through tax schemes and outright fraud. >> depicted as tax cheats in an investigative report by "the new york times." it alleges that trump received hundreds of millions of dollars from his father, poking holes in the president's claim that he is a self-made billionaire. abc's kyra phillips has the details.

>> reporter: the blockbuster investigation in "the new york times" takes aim at the story president trump has been telling for decades, that he turned a $1 million loan from his father into an empire worth billions. >> i built this incredible company. i started off, i mean, think of it, i started with $1 million loan, i built a company that is worth more than $10 billion, okay? more. >> reporter: but reporters from "the times," who examined more than 100,000 pages of documents, say that's not true. they report fred trump actually loaned his son at least $60.7 million. during the campaign trump said he paid his father back that million dollar loan. >> i got a very, very small loan from my father many years ago. i built that into a massive empire. and i paid my father back, that loan. >> reporter: but according to "the times," much of the loan was never repaid.

what's more, "the times" asserts that overall the president received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father's real estate company, adding that much of the money came to him through dubious tax schemes, including instances of outright fraud. according to the investigation, by age 3 the president was earning $200,000 a year in today's dollars from his father's empire. he was a millionaire by age 8. in his 40s and 50s, he was receiving more than $5 million a year. they point to records they say show that when the president's parents died they transferred well over $1 billion in wealth to their children. by the paper's estimate, that would have produced a tax bill of at least $550 million. but the paper reports the family employed a variety of tax dodges in order to pay only $52.2

million. the president's personal lawyer pushing back, saying "the new york times" allegations of fraud and tax evasion are 100% false and highly defamatory. the facts upon which "the times" faces its false accusations are extremely inaccurate. the president's personal finances largely a mystery. he has refused to release his tax returns, saying he's been audited. david pressing him during the campaign. >> you won't reveal what you paid in taxes unless the audit is done? >> when the audit is done, i will release. >> reporter: the new york state tax department is reviewing the report in "the new york times" but the president's lawyer insists that president trump had virtually no involvement whatsoever with these matters relating to his parents' estate. kyra phillips, abc news, washington. >> in the meantime, the president has unleashed his harshest and most direct criticism yet of the first woman to bring sexual misconduct

allegations against brett kavanaugh. now, hours after saying this is a very scary time for men, the president told supporters in mississippi that kavanaugh's life is in tatters. he questioned christine blasey ford's credibility by mocking her testimony, eliciting laughter from the crowd. >> i had one beer. right? i had one beer. well, you think it was -- nope. it was one beer. oh, good. how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. what neighborhood was it in? i don't know. where's the house? i don't know. upstairs, downstairs, where was it? i don't know. but i had one beer. that's the only thing i remember. >> well, just last week the president said ford's testimony was compelling and called her a credible witness. the fbi has until friday to complete its investigation into the allegations against

kavanaugh, but ford and kavanaugh have not been interviewed. deborah ramirez, the yale classmate who accused kavanaugh of exposing himself, has been questioned but her attorney says there is no indication the fbi reached out to any of the 20 people ramirez told them may be able to corroborate her account. testing continues on three suspicious envelopes that were sent to the white house and the pentagon. the envelope that was sent to president trump never entered the white house grounds. two envelopes went to the defense department, one addressed to secretary jim mattis and the other to the navy's top admiral, john richardson. those envelopes were suspected of containing the biological agent ricin but tests to confirm that will take some time. about 225 million electronic devices will be getting a text message from the government today. it's the first ever test of the presidential alert system, which can only be used in a nationwide emergency. those who receive the test alert do not need to do anything about it.

the test is scheduled to start at 2:18 p.m. eastern time. >> so it's only an emergency. it's not going to be like, hey, you up? not that kind of text. >> well, we don't know. >> we're not sure. melania trump is in the west african country of ghana. the first stop of her first major solo international trip. ghana's first lady welcomed mrs. trump to the country. she plans to promote child welfare during the four-nation tour. the first lady visited a clinic and watched as a baby was weighed there. she also passed out "be best" teddy bears and blankets to kids. stops in malawi, kenya and egypt are expected on this tour. the search for kirby wallace enters its tenth day today. authorities are using any methods they can to find a man they consider armed and dangerous. here is abc's steve osunsami. >> where are you coming from? where are you headed to? >> well, actually, i was headed home.

>> reporter: tennessee authorities have checkpoints set up across two counties northwest of nashville, looking through every car for this accused murderer and safely escorting drivers to their homes. >> it might be awhile. >> reporter: 53-year-old kirby wallace has been running from the law for more than a week now. he became a wanted man on september 23rd when police say he killed a 63-year-old woman, wounded her husband and set their home on fire. on monday, police say he killed again, shooting a man dead in his driveway and racing from authorities in this stolen pickup truck that he crashed a few miles away. >> let's end this the right way, but one way or another you're coming in. >> reporter: people here with guns of their own are promising to protect themselves. >> he comes in this house, he's dead. bottom line. >> reporter: policy say they have planes in the air day and night. roads are blocked off and they're keeping school busses from running in the search area. steve osunsami, abc news, tennessee. lebron james' l.a. basketball life has gotten under way. the king plad at the staple center for the first time as a laker.

l.a. hosted denver in a preseason game. james picked up his first dunk in his new home and then he went on to score 13 points in 14 minutes. lakers had a two-point loss there, though, but still, good for james. >> yeah, good to see him in the uniform. it's weird to see him in the uniform. >> yeah, right? >> that's awesome. penalty kicks in soccer. some say all of the pressure is on the shooter because they're not supposed to miss. >> well, if that's the case then the pressure got to this player. oh, it happened during a shootout in england. let's watch everything. >> oh, he built it up. >> he did. the pressure got to him. the 21-year-old did the little stutter step there like fellow brazilian neymar, but then he sent it all over the top. people on twitter were not happy calling it the cha-cha slide. it would have been cool if it had worked, though. we would have been applauding

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we're back w we're back with this terrifying scene in raleigh, north carolina. you see it there. two cars crash and then one slams into four pedestrians. authorities say one woman had to be rescued. she was pinned under a car. at least seven people were injured. no word yet on what caused this crash. we turn now to the new development in the investigation into the deadly violence in charlottesville from last summer. >> federal prosecutors have arrested four members of what authorities are

are calling a militant white supremacist group from california. here is abc's natalie brunell. >> reporter: four members of what authorities are calling a militant white supremacist group from california are now in federal custody, arrested on charges they traveled to charlottesville, virginia, last year to incite a riot. >> the federal criminal claim charges benjamin daley, michael miselis, thomas gillen and cole white. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say all four are part of the rise above movement or r.a.m. authorities say they all attended this tiki torch rally, marching through the university of virginia campus. >> blood and soil. >> reporter: as well as the unite the right rally the following day where prosecutors say they caused serious injuries to counterprotesters. >> with their hands taped and ready to do street battle committed multiple acts of violence, including punching, kicking, headbutting and pushing numerous people. >> reporter: the charges are not directly related to the moment the rally turned deadly when a

speeding car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters killing 32-year-old heather heyer and injuring dozens. their investigation into the violence at the rallies remains ongoing. >> we've got to be able to figure out who these guys are and that's harder than you might think. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say three of the men made initial court appearances in los angeles tuesday. the fourth is expected to appear in a san francisco court later today. if convicted, they face up to ten years in prison. kendis? maggie? >> natalie, thank you. now to a new study that almost sounds like a joke but it's actually pretty serious. it's recommending no selfie zones to stop dangerous photos. >> researchers in india say about 260 people were killed while taking selfies between 2011 and 2017. two-thirds of the victims were under the age of 30, which the study blames young people also doing something risky while snapping a picture. no selfie zones are recommended

in high risk areas like tall buildings, mountains and bodies of water. the u.s., by the way, was third in selfie deaths behind india and russia. most of the deaths were due to drowning. >> kind of shocking because i -- i like to take selfies. >> you take a lot of selfies. >> i take a lot of selfies. so hopefully nowhere dangerous. >> the only danger zone you face is from me -- >> probably. with kendis in the background. >> another selfie. >> kendis, why are you yelling? >> stop with the selfies. all right. when we come back, the stunning elimination on "dancing with the stars." >> "the skinny" is next. the stunning elimination on "dancing with the stars." >> "the skinny" is next.

♪ ♪ ♪ it is time now for "the skinny" starting with the couple that was sent packing on "dancing with the stars." >> we're still in shock. last night was las vegas night in the ballroom, featuring the casino theme and cameo appearances by the blue man group. >> look at them making a mess of the set. the top three couples all scored 26 out of 30, including the

actor juan pablo and cheryl. they did a fairly sexy foxtrot. the "rent" actor milo manheim and witney with their fiery tango here and the singer tinashe and brandon. >> among the night's most improved, mary lou retton and sasha. a score of 24. >> pretty decent. "harry potter" actress evanna lynch danced a pretty energetic jive out in the desert to, of course, "heatwave." also scoring a 24. >> we have grocery store joe and jenna. they did a dramatic jazz routine that kept his footwork to a

minimum and allowed him to focus on what he does best. >> which is what? >> to smile. >> there is that. >> wasn't quite enough. they got a score of 18. >> hey, joe will take it. in one of the high points of the night, the paralympic bronze medalist danielle was serenaded by donny osmond as she and artem did a quick step to "luck be a lady." >> they were eliminated. >> this was shocking. >> i did not see this one coming. >> mind you, she had been sick. >> hooked up to an iv because she wasn't feeling well. >> she's blind. >> and she still did a really great job. >> exactly. >> i can't believe they kicked her off. >> these judges, get a heart. >> we are not happy about that. next to our first glimpse of

christian bale as vice president dick cheney. bale, of course, is no stranger to extreme transformation. >> it's titled "vice." he has another extreme transformation -- >> which one is -- >> i actually don't know which one is christian bale. >> no way. >> now that he's smiling. "variety" reports the 44-year-old had to gain 40 pounds, bleached and plucked his eyebrows and do special exercises to thicken his neck. "vice" is the name of it and set to premier on christmas day. speaking of transformations, the one thing that michael jackson could not become. >> apparently in his new memoir, longtime hollywood agent says the king of pop told him he wanted to be james bond. >> he told jackson, quote, you're thinly built, too

sensitive and won't be credible as a block of stone. >> so he has a shot? so apparently he passed on it. told jackson, quote, you're thinly built, too sensitive and won't be credible as a block of stone. >> so he has a shot? so apparently he passed on it.

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and ask for your free decision guide. okay. okay. okay. so barely a month after the actor geoffrey owens was spotted working at trader joe's, he's now enjoying a major career comeback. >> major. he describes the role on tyler perry's new show that was written just for him. >> reporter: it's geoffrey owens' second act. it's a long way from his days on "the cosby show." he's back on set after being shamed for working at trader joe's. that controversy led to an outpouring of compassion. >> it's really overwhelming. in a good way. >> reporter: and job offers like one tyler perry tweeted as he was watching robyn's interview with owens. >> there is a little sense of mischief to tyler. i just said, i don't feel like i

would be comfortable getting offered work because of the situation. what does he do? offers me work. >> reporter: perry cast him on the show "the haves and the have nots." >> i'll make you a senator or something. the next week i had written him into 11 shows. i saw him in costume and had 20,000 more ideas for him. >> reporter: your life has become a model for making something out of nothing. >> for sure. sleeping in my car struggling. wondering how i was going to pay the bills, and to get to this point to see both sides of this is incredible. i feel like i'm the guy for the underdog. sometimes things don't work out. that's okay. you do what you have to do in between to get to the point until it gets there. >> welcome back to the party. >> it's incredible to be written for. >> when you're on set and you're doing your scenes and you hear tyler's voice directing you, what is going through your head beside your lines?

>> i'm really proud and excited to be part of his world. he's so inspiring. >> you're a good guy. you really are. >> he's teaching me a lot. >> what is he teaching you? real quick. >> are you kidding me? he teaches this stuff so i'm watching him, his subtleties and his moments and his nuances and like, wow, that's really good. >> reporter: owens said he's old school. he's now had more tv offers and more support over the dignity of work. >> maybe this is the cause that is actually going to bridge the divide in our country. maybe this is it. this is the way we're going to come together. >> that's great. it's great to see his comeback, by the way. >> and to see them working together like that. i'm glad they reached out. >> trader joe's pays pretty decent. you can earn up to $22 an hour there. >> i bet tyler perry is paying him well. >> well, there's that, too. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. this is abc's "worl

making news in america this morning, the new investigation after a bombshell report claiming president trump committed fraud by dodging millions of dollars in taxes. the president's lawyer now responding. the brett kavanaugh nomination battle takes a new turn as president trump for the first time mocks the testimony of christine blasey ford. >> i had one beer. well, do you think it was -- nope, it was one beer. >> this morning the new demand from ford's lawyers and what we've learned now about the fbi investigation into kavanaugh's past. breaking news just days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a volcano erupts on the same indonesian island.